Job 25:5
Good News Translation
In his eyes even the moon is not bright, or the stars pure.

New Revised Standard Version
If even the moon is not bright and the stars are not pure in his sight,

Contemporary English Version
To him, not even the light of the moon and stars can ever be pure.

New American Bible
Even the moon is not bright and the stars are not clean in his eyes.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold even the moon doth not shine, and the stars are not pure in his sight.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Behold even the moon doth not shine, and the stars are not pure in his sight.

Isaiah 24:23 And the moon shall blush, and the sun shall be ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Sion, and in Jerusalem, and shall be glorified in the sight of his ancients.

Isaiah 60:19,20 Thou shalt no more have the sun for thy light by day, neither shall the brightness of the moon enlighten thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee for an everlasting light, and thy God for thy glory. . . .

2 Corinthians 3:10 For even that which was glorious in this part was not glorified by reason of the glory that excelleth.

Context
Bildad: Man Cannot Be Righteous
4Can man be justified compared with God, or he that is born of a woman appear clean? 5Behold even the moon doth not shine, and the stars are not pure in his sight.6How much more is man than rottenness and the son of man than a worm?…
Cross References
Job 15:15
Behold among his saints none is unchangeable, and the heavens are not pure in his sight.

Job 31:26
If I beheld the sun when it shined and the moon going in brightness:

Psalm 18:26
And with the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.

Job 25:4
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